]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Environmental Economics Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/139552?rsstype=latest&cid=56 The country of Bubblia has a problem. It's a fairly large country, and there are 100 million cars in operation. The cars are essential to this economy, and if the cars don't work, the country will experience economic disaster.For the last 30 years, E... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:46:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/139552?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cnet-green-tech-blog/139576?rsstype=latest&cid=56 Sales in flat-panel TVs and game hardware should do fine during the upcoming holidays, the Consumer Electronics Association says.... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:25:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cnet-green-tech-blog/139576?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139559?rsstype=latest&cid=56 By Joseph RommJuly saw another sharp drop in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) according to the Federal Highway Administration's monthly report on Traffic Volume Trends. Lost in all the news about the financial meltdown and the election is the report... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:01:01 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139559?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139511?rsstype=latest&cid=56 By Kate Sheppard Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and ranking member Rick Boucher (D-Va.) released a discussion draft of their long-awaited climate change legislation today. This draft is the culmination of nearly two yea... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:20:18 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139511?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139514?rsstype=latest&cid=56 By Sean CastenAs we think about how to price GHG emissions, it's often (and accurately) cited that having a meaningful conversation about GHG pricing first requires that we remove all the existing subsidies so that we can stop irrationally allocating... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:22:05 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139514?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/139494?rsstype=latest&cid=56 Arindrajit Dube says there's a paper he wishes to write once the data become available:Does Mispricing of Financial Assets lead to Mispricing of Human Capital?Over the late twentieth century, the financial sector grew rapidly, and attracted higher sk... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:53:22 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/139494?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/139442?rsstype=latest&cid=56 Pessimism about continued demand for crude is giving even notorious oil bulls pause for thought. Goldman Sachs oil guru Arjun Murti, whos correctly predicted many of oils super spikes, grudgingly admitted that market fixation on weakening demand puts... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:34:02 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/139442?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/139440?rsstype=latest&cid=56 Will energy policy rear its head at tonights presidential debate? Sen. Barack Obama (AP)There are plenty of other issues wrestling for the limelight, especially rumblings on Wall Street. Voters say economic issuesincluding the cost of energytop their... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:33:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/139440?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/139395?rsstype=latest&cid=56 A decrease in supply leads to an increase in price (The priciest gas ...):Nation, you'd have to drive a long way today to Alaska or (glub,glub) Hawaii to find gas more expensive than it is right here inNorth Carolina.We have the priciest gas ... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:47:01 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/139395?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139518?rsstype=latest&cid=56 By Guest authorThe following is a guest essay by author, advocate, and renewable energy industry analyst Paul Gipe. The calculations behind it can be found on his website. His latest book, Wind Energy Basics, will be published by Chelsea Green in ... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:10:12 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139518?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139519?rsstype=latest&cid=56 By Alan Durning Over the next few decades, converting the Pacific Northwest to a place of compact, walkable communities that run on superefficient, renewable energy system -- a climate-safe economy -- will be a lot of work: paid work. But for all t... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:01:29 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139519?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cnet-green-tech-blog/139358?rsstype=latest&cid=56 Zuora debuts online payment service with PayPal connection, the second product from a start-up focused on the software-as-a-service business.... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:58:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cnet-green-tech-blog/139358?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139314?rsstype=latest&cid=56 By Guest author This is a guest post from Bill McKibben, a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and author of a dozen books, most recently The Bill McKibben Reader. McKibben serves on Grist's board of directors and is cofounder of 350.org. ... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:39:13 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139314?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/139297?rsstype=latest&cid=56 A note fropm my mother-in-law in my inbox: If you have time, I would love to know if you feel it is economically smart to rebuild the parts of Galveston that are so vulnerable to weather. This goes for the parts of New Orleans that would be under wat... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:15:33 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/139297?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/139285?rsstype=latest&cid=56 Crude oil futures rebounded Tuesday after an interest-rate cut in Australia raises hopes of a wider policy response that could rescue lagging demand for oil, Bloomberg reports. The WaPos Energy Wire reports early signs that Chinas easing of fuel subs... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:24:53 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/139285?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/139235?rsstype=latest&cid=56 Tim Duy says the Fed may not cut the target interest rate at its next rate setting meeting:Where Is The Rate Cut?, by Tim Duy: On the surface, the case for a rate cut seems obvious. But, despite an extraordinary and historic two weeks on Wall Street,... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:42:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/139235?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/139236?rsstype=latest&cid=56 Paul Romer says some fundamentalists need to get real:Fundamentalists versus Realists, by Paul Romer: Debate among economists about the $700 billion Paulson plan reveals a deep divide between realists and fundamentalists. ...The formal, model-based a... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:33:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/139236?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139248?rsstype=latest&cid=56 By Joseph RommThe New York Times Magazine has a long article on how uber-VC Kleiner Perkins is helping to jumpstart the clean-tech revolution. It is a must-read because what Kleiner and other VCs are doing -- pushing a broad spectrum of carbon-mitig... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:53:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139248?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/139225?rsstype=latest&cid=56 We don't just need a bailout. We need a buildup, Thomas Friedman wrote in the New York Times last month. We need to get back to making stuff, based on real engineering not just financial engineering. We need to get back to a world where people are... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:29:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/139225?rsstype=latest&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/139195?rsstype=latest&cid=56 Paul Collier says the financial crisis presents a chance to stop looting in Africa:A chance to crack down on Africa's loot-seeking elites, by Paul Collier, Comment is Free: ...A criminal can safely be put in charge of a fish-and-chip shop but not of ... 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